Tuesday, 9 April 2013

I'm not starting off with a photo of the soup because I don't have one that looks good enough to be on the homepage of Free From G. It's not because it isn't great or that it went wrong, it's because it was never intended to be served as a soup and so I don't have a nicely plated version to share with you.

The reason I created the soup was as the sauce for a Chicken and Mushroom Pie, the Puff Pastry went horribly wrong though so I won't be documenting that anytime soon but I think that the soup deserves its own post as it's pretty special.

Cream Of Mushroom Soup In The Pan

That's the finished version and basically how it would of looked in a dish minus a nice bit of garnish. Not the best representation for a soup so lovely but I feel that the recipe more than makes up for the lack of presentation.

This is incredibly filling and would easily make main meals for 4 people.

Ingredients:

500g Chestnut Mushrooms

1 Small Onion

25g Butter

1 Tablespoon Olive Oil

500ml Boiling Water

1 Knorr Chicken Stock Pot

250ml Milk

2 Tablespoons Clotted Cream

Pinch of Sea Salt

As you'll see from those ingredients, this is definitely a comfort food meal, my favourite kind of recipe to create.

Mushroom, Mushroom

Directions:

Roughly slice the mushrooms

So Much For The Pie :(

Roughly chop the onion

Heat the olive oil and butter in a large saucepan on high

Add the onion and cook until soft, stirring occasionally, around 5 minutes

Add the mushrooms and stir

Pot O'Mushrooms

Cook the mushrooms stirring often until soft 5 -6 minutes

Shrunken Mushrooms

Mix the stock pot with the water, add milk and pour into the pan

Add the salt

Cover, lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes

Steamy Shot

Use a hand blender to blitz the mushrooms and onion until the soup is thick and smooth

Take off the heat add the clotted cream and stir until dissolved

Serve or put to one side to reheat later

The Pie Pastry may have been a disaster (nowhere near enough butter) but the soup was a triumph. Once I'd placed the soup in the baking dish with the Chicken ready to be covered I had some leftover in the pan. Not for long, I spooned every last drop out of the pan and into my mouth, filling but incredibly delicious, I kept going back for more.

So that's my Cream of Chestnut Mushroom Soup. Yes, it's a bit naughty, it's full of calories and somewhat indulgent but that's typical of a Free From G recipe. You just know that you won't be getting a Lentil Bake anytime soon.